Room Full of Strangers “Modern Media”

Some call them punk, garage, even pop at times. So, it makes sense that that Room Full of Strangers have drawn diverse comparisons such as the songwriting approach of Mac Demarco and Jonathan Richman (Modern Lovers). Then on the other hand music journalists such as Jeffrey Morgan (biographer of Iggy and The Stooges) have compared the Strangers to influential, primal, distorto rockers such as The Dictators as well as a cornucopia of other proto and early punk bands akin to the MC5, Dead Boys and even once being referred to as a tougher DEVO! – But whatever you call Room Full of Strangers, there’s no denying they are rock and roll personified, in their art as well as their approach to life.

Over these past few years, Room Full of Strangers have been burning up college radio airwaves, racking up road miles, crossing the pond to Europe and appearing at festivals such as SXSW, CMJ and CBGB Fest. Later this year the Strangers will even be featured in Boy Howdy! The Story of CREEM Magazine, where they will be highlighted along with Iggy Pop, Debbie Harry and Chris Stein of Blondie, Wayne Kramer of the MC5 and many other artists. This documentary is being produced by J.J. Kramer and award winning director Scott Crawford who is known for the sensational Salad Days documentary which garnered a great deal of attention on the film circuit.

”Modern Media” is the band’s first single off their forthcoming album Plastic for Packaging, the follow-up to 2015’s acclaimed Bad Vacation LP. The song is a statement about how the over-saturation of media in our lives isn’t necessarily a good thing, as they encourage the listener to think critically and start “living free”: “We’re not ok, with the media today, they try to divide us, just to earn their pay.” With fuzzed out guitars, a memorable hook, and a fast pace, it’s got that Monkees-meets-the MC5 vibe the band is known and loved for.

Beginning this July, Room Full of Strangers will be touring again, including a stop in New York City for a performance at Mercury Lounge on July 15th, they will be co-headlining with underground music icon Frank Secich (Blue Ash, Stiv Bators Disconnected Band, Dead Boys, Deadbeat Poets) and several artists from Get Hip Recordings.

HIP Video Promo owner and president Andy Gesner recently sat down with Jesse Cannon from Musformation.com for an in-depth interview about the importance of music video promotion, as well as with James Moore from IndependentMusicPromotions.com. These two interviews go into great depth about who we are, what we do, and how HIP Video Promo can provide you the exposure and attention your new music video deserves!

Who we are

HIP Video Promo was founded in the year 2000 by it’s current owner Andy Gesner, and over the past 16 years, he and his team have promoted over 2600 music videos from some of the best of the best amongst indie nation, as well as some of the most well-known artists on the music industry landscape. Everybody who works at HIP Video Promo are musicians themselves, and are fully cognizant of what it’s like to be in the trenches fighting the good fight in this severely overcrowded music industry. We know what it takes to get the attention and exposure any new compelling band or artist is worthy of, and fight tenaciously on our client’s behalf.